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Date: Mon Sep 19 13:22:48 2005 From: michaelslists at gmail.com (Michael Silk) Subject: OSS means slower patches On 9/19/05, Ivan . <ivanhec@...il.com> wrote: > An interesting perspective? Nope. > http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16650762%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html > > Symantec Australia managing director David Sykes said the increasing > popularity of open source software, such as the Mozilla Foundation's > Firefox browser, could be part of the reason for the increase in the > gap between vulnerability and patch, with the open source development > model itself part of the problem. "It is relying on the goodwill and > best efforts of many people, and that doesn't have the same commercial > imperative," he said. "I'm sure that is part of what is causing the > blow-out in the patch window." > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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